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Indian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century

Indian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century

Indian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century

Unity and Diversity in Lexicon and Morphosyntax
Sven Leuckert, Technische Universität Dresden
Claudia Lange, Technische Universität Dresden
Tobias Bernaisch, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
Asya Yurchenko, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany
December 2023
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Hardback
9781009454186

    English fulfils important intra- and international functions in 21st century India. However, the country's size in terms of area, population, and linguistic diversity means that completely uniform developments in Indian English (IndE) are unlikely. Using sophisticated corpus-linguistic and statistical methods, this Element explores the unity and diversity of IndE by providing studies of selected lexical and morphosyntactic features that characterise Indian English(es) in the 21st century. The findings indicate a degree of incipient 'supralocalisation', i.e. a spread of features beyond their place of origin, cutting through the typological Indo-Aryan vs. Dravidian divide.

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    December 2023
    Hardback
    9781009454186
    108 pages
    235 × 158 × 12 mm
    0.31kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Sociolinguistic profiles of regional Indian englishes
    • 3. Methodology
    • 4. Lexis
    • 5. Morphosyntax
    • 6. Conclusion
    • Appendix
    • References.
      Authors
    • Sven Leuckert , Technische Universität Dresden
    • Claudia Lange , Technische Universität Dresden
    • Tobias Bernaisch , Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
    • Asya Yurchenko , Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany